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Friday, January 18, 2008

NEW YORK LETTER 1861

Letter dated New York, April 30, 1861, from Nelson Cross to the law firm of Small and Cogswell regarding legal matters. Cross comments that Mr. [J.B.D.] Cogswell has been sent by the Administration to Wisconsin to prosecute the leader of the Anti-Constitutional Party of that state. Also notes war spirit in New York is high, troops mustering, leaving by the thousands for the war. "Damn the traitors!".

This Great New York Civil War letter Item number: 190189997129 is to be found on Ebay.